Name: Balama — Afrimintel terrain view
Creator: Afrimintel
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Balama

MOZAMBIQUE BELT · Graphite · OP
RECORD: decision view · machine-readable
TERRAIN FACTS FROM THE DEPLOYED RECORD · 2026-06-12

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Three-Layer Read

SURFACE

Probable reserve 109.7 Mt @ 16.3% TGC ≈ 18 Mt contained graphite. Recovered from force majeure — sub-nameplate operation. Syrah Resources via Twigg.

STRATUM

Weathered graphite schists at exceptional grade and scale — the largest natural-graphite reserve outside China. Body illustrative, Derived.

DEEP STRUCTURE

The anode-chain asset: Balama feeds Syrah\u2019s Vidalia (US) active-anode plant, which makes this Cabo Delgado pit a node in the US battery supply chain — with all the security and FM history that implies.

Record figures

Sourced

Reserve (Probable): 109.7 Mt @ 16.3% TGC ≈ 18 Mt contained (record verbatim: 17.9 Mt); 100% project basis.Afrimintel record, reviewed 2026-05-02

Sourced

Status: Recovered from FM — sub-nameplate operation.Afrimintel record

Derived

Positions ± kilometres — orientation geometry.

Absent — disclosed, never estimated

Licence polygons: official cadastre geometry not held. Not drawn.

Corridor layer (rail, road, power alignments): not yet verified for this asset — disclosed, not drawn. The flagship corridor read lives on /terrain/kamoa/.

Imagery/elevation are open global tilesets (~10–30 m class) — a data ceiling, disclosed.

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CU PRICE ±0% vs live

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In-situ Derived, computed client-side. Cost basis Absent in the public record — disclosed, not estimated.

Province cohort — Mozambique Belt (record)

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From /api/v1/deposits.json — the same feed Pro exports run on.

Verdict

RECOVERY READ

Eighteen million tonnes of contained graphite recovering from force majeure: the resource is generational, the operating context is the discount.

Three-state Quality Standard: Sourced / Derived / Absent — no fourth state. Terrain geometry is Derived; absent fields are disclosed, never estimated. Operators/owners named are public-record parties to public assets; no Afrimintel commercial relationship is implied. Screening aid, not an Independent Engineer substitute. Built to survive due diligence.

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This terrain view runs on the public summary. Pro carries the full Balama record — every figure with field-level sourcing, §10 bankability decompositions, exports, and the 158-deposit data layer behind it.

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